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Topic: How the World Works (page 2)

A conversation about globalization.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

In this Dec. 17, 2010 photo, Theresa Christenson holds an unemployment check in her home in Burbank, Calif. Before she was laid off from a quality assurance job at Yahoo in July 2009, Christenson earned around $100,000 a year. The 58-year-old has managed to hang on to the 4-bedroom house that she co-owns with her sister, where they've lived for 22 years. "It really gets me when they say 'you lazy people,'" says Christenson, who lives on $1,720 a month in unemployment insurance benefits and what's left of her dwindling 401K. "They have no idea how depressing that is when you have been beating your head against the wall, trying to find work. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) (Nick Ut)

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Steve Jobs' extraordinary Apple saga ends

Mining trucks carry loads of oil laden sand in Alberta, Canada.

Will Bank of America doom the economy?

People wave signs at a "tea party" protest on the grounds of the Colorado state capitol in Denver April 15, 2009 (Reuters)

Tea Party -- pro stimulus?

Paul Krugman

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks at the Aragon Ballroom, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, in Chicago, in Chicago, at a fundraiser on the eve of his 50th birthday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 15, 2008.

House Speaker John Boehner Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, as lawmakers work to finalize the debt deal agreement with one day left to avert a default. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) (L) shakes hands with with Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (R) as they depart after a news conference about debt relief legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington August 1, 2011. Congressional leaders scrambled for enough support from skeptical lawmakers on Monday to push through an 11th-hour deal to raise the U.S. borrowing limit and avert a potentially devastating debt default. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) (Reuters)

Barack Obama

President Barack Obama speaks from White House briefing room, Sunday, July 31, 2011 in Washington, about a deal being reached to raise the debt limit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Depression 2.0?

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